[ale] FTP files

Tue Jan 22 20:36:47 EST 2013

It was the -i, now I got working very well.

FTP is beautiful because it just works. It proves, if it any broke, don't fix.

Thanks Jim.

Chuck

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is shocking at the number of zillion year-old applications that STILL use
> plain ftp with open text authentication.
> Much of this is from stupid code design that used custom written ftp
> "servers" instead of relying on the in-system ftpd that could be easily
> upgraded to include sftp capability.
>
> <sigh>
>
> Just because one _can_ write code doesn't mean one should. I know I've
> written my share of horrid crap.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think earlier in the thread someone suggested sftp and the reply was
>> that the other side only allows for standard ftp.   If sftp doesn’t work
>> then scp typically won’t either.
>>
>>
>>
>> One can get a tad more security out of ftp by pgp (or gpg) encrypting the
>> files before placing them in the transfer directory.   Also you’d want to
>> jail any login account you gave others to your servers and hope they’re
>> smart enough to jail any they give you on theirs.   The login session is
>> still in clear text but anyone that hacks the login only sees gobbledygook
>> so long as they don’t have the keys and the jail prevents them from seeing
>> anything else.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>> Matthew
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:23 PM
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [ale] FTP files
>>
>>
>>
>> Scp?  I rarely use ftp.
>>
>> On Jan 22, 2013 4:55 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You did change the ftp command to ftp -i ? That should drop the confirm
>> for mput.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It working, but it only putting one file, the reason it is doing this...
>>
>> mput dag2.txt? mput dag3.txt?  221 Goodbye.
>>
>> Is it asking me to enter "yes" for the other files?
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The heredoc format of the ftp line looks wrong. also, you are iterating
>> > over
>> > a list of files and creating a new ftp connection for each file. Instead
>> > use:
>> >
>> > mytemp=$(mktemp -d)
>> > mylog=$(mktemp)
>> > cp $(cat /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt) ${mytemp}
>> > cd ${mytemp}
>> > ftp -i <host> 2>$1>${mylog} << EOF
>> > user <name> <passwd>
>> > binary
>> > cd <remote path to file location>
>> > mput *
>> > exit
>> > EOF
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Guys,
>> >>
>> >> Ok, I think I have a better script, but I am having a problem with the
>> >> for/loop with ftp'ing files, looks like it breaking at the <<+
>> >>
>> >> Here is my new script
>> >>
>> >> ========================Begin Script=================================
>> >>
>> >> #!/bin/bash
>> >> # ftp script
>> >> # by Chuck Payne
>> >> # ftp, logs, and moves files
>> >>
>> >> LOG=$(/var/log/fl_sdirc)
>> >> FILES=$(cat /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt | wc -l)
>> >> TIME=$(`date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'`)
>> >> FILE=$(/chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> if [ -e $FILE ] ; then
>> >>   rm -f $FILE
>> >> fi
>> >>
>> >> ls /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc >> /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt
>> >>
>> >> if [ $FILE=="0"] ; then
>> >>   echo "$TIME" >> $LOG
>> >>   echo "No Files tranfer" >> $LOG
>> >> else
>> >>
>> >> for i in `cat /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt` ; do
>> >>   ftp -n 192.168.105.29 <<+
>> >>   user flsdir essex
>> >>   binary
>> >>   put $i
>> >>   quit ;
>> >> done
>> >>
>> >> echo "$TIME" >> $LOG
>> >> echo "File following file were transfer to Pawnee" >> $LOG
>> >>
>> >> for i in `cat /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt` ; do
>> >>   echo "$i" >> $LOG
>> >> done
>> >>
>> >> for i in `cat /chroot/home/fl/fl_sdirc/files.txt` ;
>> >>   mv $i /home/fl_sdirc/$i.$TIME ;
>> >> done
>> >>
>> >> fi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ========================End Script==================================
>> >>
>> >>
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